Sunday, October 01, 2006

cancer and writing

For These Writers, Cancer Is the Subject is an article in yesterday's NYT about cancer's difficult impact on the lives of 20-30 year old survivors and their use of writing as a means to deal with their pain. The LifeLab (which I've mentioned in the past, I think), a free writing program for cancer patients and survivors, is the setting for this interesting piece.

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I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in late 2003, but it wasn't until after learning about my first relapse in the summer of 2005 at which time I discovered the dozens of inspirational stories of other survivors on the Internet that I decided to make this blog a reality. Since 2007, I've been cancer-free. I hope that cancer survivors and their families will be able to take something from this that will help them in their own journey.

Resources for Young Adult Cancer Survivors

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Resources for Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation

Lymphoma/BMT Online Community

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"That is the
charm of a map. It represents the other side of the horizon where
everything is possible."
"We need the
possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the
cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or
psychoanalysis."